The new salary scale for JSS teachers under permanent and pensionable terms employed by Teachers Commission (TSC) varies depending on the place of work.
Those who work in areas mapped under municipal as well as those in hardship areas earn slightly higher as compared to their colleagues in other normal places.
The commission is responsible for setting their salaries in the country.
Teachers under permanent and pensionable terms get several allowances ; some of them include
Housing allowance
Commuting allowance
Risk contributions among others.
Allowances paid to teachers can significantly increase a teacher’s monthly earnings and as a result increase their total monthly salary.
TSC teachers also receive benefits from the commission such as:
Health insurance
tip
Pension
Money paid to the teachers is funded by the government.
Salary scales for permanent tsc jss teachers
Teachers Service Commission highlights the salary scale for teachers who will teach in junior secondary schools under the competency curriculum under permanent terms.
Even with the existence of many concerns about who will look after students in junior high schools in grades 7, 8 and 9,TSC has finally decided on the category of teachers for teaching at the lower secondary level and their new salary scale.
The teachers employed deploys only elementary school teachers with a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy (optionally secondary) considered fit to teach in secondary schools.
For a teacher to be deployed to teach in junior secondary schools, he/she must have achieved at least an average grade of C+ in KCSE and C+ in two subjects.
Qualified teachers deployed to work with students in junior high schools normally will start at job grade C2 as well as including those newly employed by TSC with bachelor degrees.
Newly employed jss teacher receives a basic pay grade of a minimum of between Sh34,955 and a maximum of Sh43,694 per Month.
Upon employment, secondary school teachers are then automatically promoted to job grade C3 after completing three years in service.
The above criteria is set out in the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG).
Here is the monthly salary scale for newly deployed / employed JSS TEACHERS,
Basic Salary Ksh .38, 286
House allowance (other premises) ksh.9,600
Hardship Allowance Ksh. 10,900
Commuting allowance Ksh. 5,000
Leave allowance (paid only in January) ksh.6,000 .
The teachers’ total earnings above are subject to further mandatory deductions.